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$13.7M of $1B in Kickstarter pledges came from Michigan

Kickstarter by the numbers

• More than $1 billion has been raised in pledges.• More than half was pledged in the last year.• Nearly 1.7 million people have backed more than one project.• Nearly 16,000 people have backed more than 50 projects.• March 13, 2013, was the single day with the most pledges – more than $4 million for almost 2,000 projects.

About $13.7 million has been pledged to nearly 3,000 creative projects from Michigan on Kickstarter, the 5-year-old crowdfunding website that surpassed $1 billion in pledges earlier this month.

Of those projects, 1,195 were successfully funded, 82 are still looking for funding on Kickstarter and the others did not receive full funding, said Justin Kazmark, a Kickstarter spokesman.

When Kickstarter reached the $1 billion mark, pledges had come from 5.7 million people from 224 countries and territories on all seven continents, and have gone on to fund more than 57,618 creative projects, according to the company’s website.

The most pledges came from the United States at $663 million, followed by the United Kingdom ($54 million) and Canada ($45 million).

More than $1.5 million was pledged by 3,331 people to fund a mobile personal theater with built-in premium audio by Ann Arbor-based Avegant, making it the highest pledge-earning project from Michigan.